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Scientific Name	**Platyclarias machadoi** Poll, 1977
Common Name
Type Locality	Upper Cuango, Cafunfo, Borio River, Angola.
Species Information
Size	201mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Unpaired fins not continuous and dorsal and anal fins located far back Most likely brown with a lighter underbody.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Upper Cuango, Angola. African Waters, Congo, Lower Congo, Kasai, Kwango (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cuanza (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences, Académie Royale de Belgique (Ser. 5) v. 63 (no. 2), pp 141, Figs. 7-8
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:58 (species record created: 2014 Mar 02 23:37)